Variation of vital signs with potential to influence the performance of qSOFA scoring in the Ethiopian general population at different altitudes of residency: A multisite cross-sectional study

• Jonas Früh ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

  Affiliation Hirsch Institute of Tropical Medicine, Asella, Ethiopia

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• Andre Fuchs ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

  Affiliations Hirsch Institute of Tropical Medicine, Asella, Ethiopia, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6906-2598

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• Tafese Beyene Tufa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Hirsch Institute of Tropical Medicine, Asella, Ethiopia, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, College of Health Sciences, Arsi University, Asella, Ethiopia

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• Loraine Früh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliation Hirsch Institute of Tropical Medicine, Asella, Ethiopia

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• Zewdu Hurissa,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation College of Health Sciences, Arsi University, Asella, Ethiopia

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• Hans Martin Orth,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Hirsch Institute of Tropical Medicine, Asella, Ethiopia, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

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• Johannes Georg Bode,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Hirsch Institute of Tropical Medicine, Asella, Ethiopia, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7141-0694

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• Kirsten Alexandra Eberhardt,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Dieter Häussinger,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Hirsch Institute of Tropical Medicine, Asella, Ethiopia, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

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• Torsten Feldt

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: torsten.feldt@med.uni-duesseldorf.de

  Affiliations Hirsch Institute of Tropical Medicine, Asella, Ethiopia, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6755-4492

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